Resources

Conspiracy of silence - Conference paper presented to Strategic Dialogue on Commodities, Trade, Poverty and Sustainable Development, 13-15 June 2005 - July 2005

A Round for Free: How rich countries are getting a free ride on agricultural subsidies at the WTO - June 2005

Critique of the EC’s Action Plan for ACP countries affected by EU sugar reform - Joint Agencies briefing paper - June 2005

Making trade work for development in 2005 - May 2005

When jobs lock women into poverty - To mark International Workers' Day, Phil Bloomer, head of Oxfam’s Make Trade Fair campaign, explains how employment and working conditions can often be so bad that jobs can make poverty worse - opinion piece - April 2005

An End to EU Sugar Dumping? Implications of the WTO panel ruling in the dispute against EU sugar policies brought by Brazil, Thailand, and Australia - April 2005

Oxfam International contribution regarding NAMA (Non-Agricultural Market Access) Negotiations - Oxfam submission to the NAMA negotiations at the WTO - April 2005

Kicking down the door: How upcoming WTO talks threaten farmers in poor countries - April 2005

Making trade work for development in 2005: What the UK should do - April 2005

Food aid or hidden dumping? Separating wheat from chaff - March 2005

Who will be left to cheer the end of illegal US cotton subsidies? Why African cotton farmers cannot afford US inaction on cotton subsidies - March 2005

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2004

A Sweeter Future? The potential for EU sugar reform to contribute to poverty reduction in southern Africa - November 2004

Six Reasons to Oppose EPAs in their Current Form - joint agency paper - November 2004

A raw deal for rice under DR-CAFTA: How the Free Trade Agreement threatens the livelihoods of Central American farmers - November 2004

Extortion at the gate: will Viet Nam join the WTO on full development terms? - November 2004

Finding the Moral Fiber: Why reform is urgently needed for a fair cotton trade - October 2004

Dumping: the beginning of the end Implications of the ruling in the US/Brazil cotton dispute - September 2004

Arrested Development?: WTO July framework agreement leaves much to be done - August 2004

An end to EU Sugar Dumping - briefing note - August 2004

One Minute to Midnight: Will WTO negotiations in July deliver a meaningful agreement? - July 2004

Free Trade Agreement Between the USA and Thailand Threatens Access to HIV/AIDS Treatment - July 2004 (link to paper in Health section)

Undermining access to medicines: Comparison of five US FTAs - a technical note - June 2004 (link to paper in Health section)

South-South Trade and GSTP - June 2004

The Rural Poverty Trap: Why agricultural trade rules need to change and what UNCTAD XI could do about it - June 2004

Finding a way forward in the Doha Development Round: key issues for LDC trade - May 2004

Made at Home: British homeworkers in global supply chains - May 2004

Stitched Up: How rich-country protectionism in textiles and clothing trade prevents poverty alleviation - May 2004

Euro-Med: Seeds of a raw deal? - May 2004

Dumping on the world: How EU sugar policies hurt poor countries - April 2004

'White Gold' turns to dust: Which way forward for cotton in West Africa? - March 2004

Play Fair at the Olympics: respect workers' rights in the sportswear industry - Oxfam/Clean Clothes Campaign/Global Unions report - March 2004

Trading away our rights: women working in global supply chains - February 2004

Spotlight on subsidies: Cereal injustice under the CAP in Britain - January 2004

The Commodities Challenge: Towards an EU Action Plan - January 2004

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2003

The Euro-Mediterranean Agreements: Partnership or Penury? - November 2003

Crossing the river by feeling the stones: why trade rules matter for poverty in China - keynote address by Kevin Watkins, Oxfam

The EU after Cancun: A way forward - October 2003

Running into the Sand: Why failure at the Cancun trade talks threatens the world’s poorest people - September 2003

Dumping Without Borders: How US agricultural policies are destroying the livelihoods of Mexican corn farmers - August 2003

The Emperor’s New Clothes: Why rich countries want a WTO investment agreement - May 2003

Six Arguments against an Investment Agreement at the WTO - May 2003

EU Hypocrisy Unmasked: Why EU Trade Policy Hurts Development - May 2003

Walk the Talk: A call to action to restore coffee farmers’ livelihoods - May 2003

A Fair Deal for Albanian Farmers - March 2003

Make Trade Fair in the Americas: Three Reasons to Say No to the FTAA - February 2003

Europe and the Coffee Crisis: A Plan for Action - February 2003

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2002

Milking the CAP: How Europe’s dairy regime is devastating livelihoods in the developing world - December 2002

Boxing match in agricultural trade Will WTO negotiations knock out the world’s poorest farmers? - November 2002

Stop the Dumping! How EU agricultural subsidies are damaging livelihoods in the developing world - October 2002

Cultivating Poverty: The impact of US cotton subsidies on Africa - September 2002

The Coffee Report - Mugged: Poverty in your coffee cup - September 2002

The Great EU Sugar Scam: How Europe's sugar regime is devastating livelihoods in the developing world - August 2002

The Trade Report: Rigged Rules and Double Standards - April 2002

Europe's Double Standards: How the EU should reform its trade policies with the developing world - April 2002

A genuine development agenda for the Doha round of WTO negotiations Joint statement signed by CAFOD, Save the Children, Oxfam, Action Aid, World Vision, Christian Aid, The Fairtrade Foundation, Traidcraft, ITDG and World Development Movement - January 2002

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